Not my favorite day….

Good morning everyone! If you’re wondering about the title of this post, I had my annual mammogram this morning. That is not my favorite thing to do by any stretch of the imagination. Especially since I received my pacemaker. But it’s done now for another year and I’m very grateful that they keep an eye on things.

We have an absolutely beautiful day today. The sun is shining but it’s very cold. We had had a series of dreary days before this so the sun is very welcome. Poor Piper didn’t have any mittens for the walk to school this morning though and Mandy said she was freezing. I finished up a new hat and mitten set for her last night and I took them to her house when I left the hospital after the mammogram. The colors aren’t quite right on this picture  but they are made with Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn in the “deep sigh” color way.  The colors are actually tones of turquoise and are very pretty.  It’s my normal mitten pattern, just in a larger size for her and the hat is supposed to be a one size fits all free pattern that I found on Ravelry a while ago. I’m sorry don’t have the name anymore. I just wrote down the cast on number and the amount of rows to do. It is a super soft hat and I may make one for myself.

When I got to Mandy‘s house she was working of course, and Lizzie was in her kennel. She has to keep her in the kennel while she’s working because she is a puppy and is into everything. She feels so badly about it. I took her out of the kennel and took her outside to go potty and that puppy was just all over me. She kept kissing me and kissing me. So guess who came home with her grandma?

These two girls find any patch of sunlight they can and lay in it. Look at Lizzie standing over top of Zoey. She’s just waiting for her to drop that toy.

Stalking her like a lion stocks its prey!🤣 These two love each other so much. Zoey got her last set of shots along with her rabies shot yesterday. You wouldn’t know it by the way these two are wrestling around.

And finally, one of my favorites. This is their favorite place to be in the whole house. Laying together in the bed in the sun by the front door where they can see outside.

Most of my time besides making Piper’s hat and mittens, has been spent on these little squares. Each row is different and they are a bit fiddly, but I think they’re going to make a very pretty baby blanket. I have about half of the squares completed. I do have all of the white circles done though.

Last week Piper’s school had a Veterans Day program. This is the first school program that we have been able to attend for any of our grandchildren. This was just the third graders and my goodness where we impressed. The kids did sign language to each of the patriotic songs that they sang. Piper even had a speaking part. They all seemed to know all of the words and all of the motions. It was wonderful!

And here are both of her proud grandpa‘s. Both of them are veterans named Dennis and she was so thrilled to have both of them there, can’t you tell by that smile?

One last picture of our little demon puppy. This is one of her favorite places to sit now in the evenings. She sits on the back of Dennis‘s chair like a gargoyle, especially when he’s eating something. We don’t feed her any human food but she never stops asking for it!

And now I need to get busy crocheting. This blanket isn’t going to make itself. I still have Christmas cards to do. A few more hours in each day may be needed. 😍

Blessings and love,

Betsy